Improvement in carpet-stretchers



w. H. MERRILL.

Carpet-Stretcher.

N0.l62,939. PatentedMay4,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NORRIS H. MERRILL, OF BUCHANAN, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT lN CARPET-STRETCHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,939, dated May 4,1875; application filed March 29, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NORRIs H. MERRILL, of Buchanan, Berrien county,Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Carpet-Stretcher, of whichthe following is a specification:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my device for stretchingcarpets, andFig. 2 a vertical transverse section of the same through thecapstan and base-board.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

My invention relates to a very simple and effective carpet-stretchingdevice and consists of a stay staple or hook, which is secured to thefloor, and connected by a strong cord pass ing through an eye of thesame to eyes or staples of a stretching-board, applied by hooks or teethto the carpet, to be wound up on a small capstan with ratchet-Wheel andspring check-pawl of the base-board.

In the drawing, A represents a staple or hook with shorter front braceor rest attached thereto, which is driven slanting into the floor nearthe base-board of the room till the rest strikes the floor. A cord, B,passes through a perforation or eye of the brace-hook A, and througheyes a near the ends of a base board or bar, 0, to a wheel or capstan,D, which is applied centrally to bar 0, so as to turn readily on thesame by means of a leverhandle, I), applied to a dovetail or othergroove of the top part of the capstan.

/ manner, for preventing the turning up of the capstan in oppositedirection.

The bar 0 is provided with prongs or teeth b at the under side, placedon the carpet, so that the teeth catch firmly in the fabric when pressedtherein.

The cord is adjusted by holding the pawl back. The handle is theninserted and turned so that the cord winds up around the capstan andstretches the carpet as much as desired.

The carpet is tacked down and held in this position, and the device thentaken 011 and applied to the next piece, and so on, forming anexceedingly simple and readily-applied carpet-stretcher.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The endless cord B and bar 0, having an eye, a, neareach end, in combination with winding-pulley D and staple A, as and forthe purpose specified.

NORRIS H. MERRILL.

Witnesses:

J. V. ZERFLINGER, EMMA A. MERRILL.

